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ENGLISH TASK ONEBiographies
Term 6
ENGLISHWe are going to focus on biographies.
This links to our topic of Pharaohs.
DNA
What does chronological mean?
Think about the learning we have done on non-chronological reports. This might help
you.
Activity
Complete the circle map to
retrieve information
about biography
writing.
Identify the key features of
a biography.
Complete the exit ticket.
Retrieval hintWe wrote a biography about Henry VIII
during our Tudor topic!
Biographies
What do you know about biographies?
What questions do you have about
biographies?
Task 2Key features- recap!
See if you can find them in the biography.
Key feature
Title – the name of the person.
Subheadings
Introduction
Third person
Past tense (usually)
Facts and information
Chronological order
Pictures
Formal language
Adverbials of time
Key features- recap!See if you can find them in the biography.
Key feature
Title – the name of the person.
Subheadings
Introduction
Third person
Past tense (usually)
Facts and information
Chronological order
Pictures
Formal language
Adverbials of time
Task 3
Read some short biographies
https://www.biography.com/people
Recommendation:
https://www.biography.com/activist/greta-thunberg
Exit Ticket
Play at least five games on Spelling Shed.
Maybe you could even invite your friends to play a Hive game!
Logging on Once you have received your username and
password, follow this link to the website:https://play.edshed.com/login
Type in your details and click sign in.
Click play.
How to playEach stage is linked to a year
group.Stage 5 and 6 are the Y5/6 words
that you need to learn.
Pick stage 3 and 4 if you want to practise year 3/4 words.
These are your playing options.
Start by clicking play. This is the place where you can practise your spellings and start
earning a score.
Decide which level you would like to play.
Every level uses the same words but will give you a different amount of help with how to spell the words.
Playing against friends Click the ‘create hive’ button.
Pick how hard you want the game to be.
You will get a code.
Friends you would like to play against need to enter that code on their Spelling Shed account by clicking join hive game
and entering the code:
You can then have a spelling competition against those who have joined the ‘hive’
game.
Things to remember:
You can only play a hive game when all those in the ‘hive’
are online.
Only people in your school will be able to join your ‘hive’
game.
Only one person can start a hive game.
